Arts and entertainment calendar

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11:00 pm CDT, Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Texas singer / songwriter Kimmie Rhodes opens for Delbert McClinton along with Gary Nicholson June 20 at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. This concert was reschedule from a May date. Current ticket holders may use the tickets you now have - same seats, new date. Tickets are $59. Call the Crighton box office at 936-441-7469 or email info@crightontheatre.org for ticket information. less

Texas singer / songwriter Kimmie Rhodes opens for Delbert McClinton along with Gary Nicholson June 20 at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. This concert was reschedule from a May date. Current ticket ... more

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Texas singer / songwriter Kimmie Rhodes opens for Delbert McClinton along with Gary Nicholson June 20 at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. This concert was reschedule from a May date. Current ticket holders may use the tickets you now have - same seats, new date. Tickets are $59. Call the Crighton box office at 936-441-7469 or email info@crightontheatre.org for ticket information. less

Texas singer / songwriter Kimmie Rhodes opens for Delbert McClinton along with Gary Nicholson June 20 at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. This concert was reschedule from a May date. Current ticket ... more

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Art

Heritage Museum of Montgomery County

Located inside Candy Cane Park at 1506 I-45 N in Conroe, the Heritage Museum of Montgomery County has numerous indoor and outdoor exhibits.

Please note the museum will be open today and Friday, but closed on Saturday, June 21. The museum will open again the following Wednesday on a regular schedule.

Meet many of our County’s pioneers, including Dr. Charles Stewart, creator of the Texas flag, and George W. Strake, whose oil discovery turned Conroe into a “rip-roaring” boomtown.

For more information or to book a group tour, call 936-539-6873. Visit online at www.heritagemuseum.us or stop by any Wednesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

conroe art league

View a new league exhibit at the Gallery at Madeley Building, 127 Simonton Street, Conroe. The brand new exhibit features two and three-dimensional artwork by a vast array of area artists, which will be on display from now through the end of July.

ADULTS 2 CREATE AND KIDS CREATE

The Woodlands Art League is sponsoring a host of adult (Adults 2 Create) and youth classes (Kids Create) for the summer. The adult classes are intended for ages 15 and above. See their website at woodlandsartleague.org or contact Joella Wheeler at theprezwal2013@gmail.com.

Dance

60-Plus Dance Group

The next dance is June 21 featuring the J.E.M. Dandy Band at the Conre Activity Center, 1202 Callahan Ave., Conroe.

Dances are 6:30 to 10 p.m. and admission is $3. Call 281-384-8480 for more information.

Woodlands Stars Square Dance Club

The Woodlands Stars Square Dance Club dances at the South County Community Center at 2235 Lake Robbins Road in The Woodlands (Next to the Library).

Next dance is June 20 with Al Frazier, Craig Abercrombie and Peg Dockry. See thewoodlandsstars.com or call Steve at 832-928-6365.

Conroe Country Cousins Square Dance Club

The club dances in a new location - St. James Episcopal Church at 1803 Highland Hollow Drive, Conroe.

The special June 19 dance features caller Garland Smith. Dances are 7:30 to 9:30 unless noted. Call 936-588-3863 or visit conroecountrycousins.com.

Auditions

The Players Theatre Company’s “Guys and Dolls”

Auditions for “Guys and Dolls” are at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 22, and Monday, June 23.

Looking for adult male and female actors, singers and dancers.

Bring headshot and acting resume if available. For information, call the Owen Theatre at 936-539-4090.

The Pavilion Partners invite you to the Pre-Concert Dinner & Fundraiser prior Lionel Richie with CeeLo Green July 12. The event takes place at The Pavilion's House of Blues Hospitality Tent at 4:30 p.m. For more information, visit woodlandscenter.org.

Conroe Symphony Youth Orchestra Summer Music Camps

The Conroe Symphony Orchestra announces an eight-week Youth Summer Music Camps for 2014:

Beginner Strings Camp, for musicians that have had less than one year of instruction; Intermediate Strings Camp, for musicians that have had over one year of music instruction; and Beginner Flute Camp, for flute players that have had less than one year of music instruction; Intermediate Flute Camp, for flute players that have had over one year of music instruction.

These three camps take place from June to July at the Conroe Symphony Centre, 1500 N. Frazier Street, in Conroe. For more information on the CSO Youth Summer Music Camps, please call 936-760-2144 or email Stephanie Harris at: csoyouth@yahoo.com for all camps.

Sounds of Texas Music Series

The Sounds of Texas Music Series continues with a Delbert McClinton concert that has been rescheduled to June 20.

Current ticket holders may use the tickets you now have - same seats, new date. Tickets are $59.

Opening act will be Kimmie Rhodes & Gary Nicholson

Questions about tickets? Call the Crighton box office at 936-441-7469 or email info@crightontheatre.org.

Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones finish out the 2014 series Aug. 16. Opening artist is the John Evans Band. All concerts are at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. Visit www.soundsoftexasmusicseries.com for more or crightontheatre.org.

Conroe First Thursday Free Concert Series

Find your groove at Heritage Place! Invite your friends, bring the family to relax to a variety of bands in this concert series held every first Thursday in the months of April through September. Get comfortable, bring your chairs and blankets. Concert held rain or shine.

The Florida Boys in concert in Magnolia

The Magnolia Lions Club hosts The Florida Boys Gospel group June 28 at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 18525 North Sixth Street, Magnolia.

Adult tickets are $10 in advance and slightly higher at the door. Children under 12 are $5. Advance tickets are available from the Magnolia Lions Club at 281-734-7592 or at the First Baptist Church in Magnolia by calling 281-356-8543.

Theater

The Players Theatre Company

The next production from The Players Theatre Company is “Greater Tuna” July 11-27 at the Owen Theatre, Metcalf Street, in downtown Conroe. Visit www.owentheatre.com or call 936-539-4090 for tickets.

Stage Right Productions

The next production from Stage Right is “Hairspray” July 11-27 at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe. Visit stage-right.org for more or call 936-441-7469.

Books

Professor’s Book Earns Prestigious Award

Lone Star College-Montgomery history professor, Dr. Craig Livingston, was recently honored when his latest book was awarded the 2014 Best International Book by the Mormon History Association (MHA). Livingston was presented with this distinction - along with a cash prize - at the MHA annual conference in San Antonio this month.

From Above and Below: The Mormon Embrace of Revolution, 1840-1940 (Greg Kofford Books, 2013) tells the story of Mormon commentary on global revolutions from the European revolutions of 1848 to the collapse of Mormon faith in progress in the 1930s when revolutionary communist and fascist regimes exposed themselves as violent and repressive.